HL Deb 20 June 1938 vol 110 cc26-8

Order of the Day for the House to be put into Committee read.

THE EARL OF LISTOWEL

My Lords, I beg to move, That the House do now resolve itself into Committee.

Moved, That the House do now resolve itself into Committee.—(The Earl of Listowel.)

THE PAYMASTER-GENERAL (THE EARL OF MUNSTER)

My Lords, on a previous occasion the noble Earl addressed to me a question with regard to the setting up of trade boards for the baking industry. I have since been in communication with the Ministry of Labour, and I understand that the Minister has gazetted a notice applying the Trade Boards Act to the baking trade, but a trade board has not actually been set up. Negotiations are going on as to who shall be appointed, and it is contemplated at present that there should be a board for England and Wales and a separate board for Scotland.

THE EARL OF LISTOWEL

My Lords, I am much obliged to the noble Earl for the information which he has supplied, and which exactly meets the point which I raised on the Second Reading.

On Question, Motion agreed to.

House in Committee accordingly:

[The EARL OF ONSLOW in the Chair.]

Clauses 1 to 13 agreed to.

THE EARL OF LISTOWEL moved, after Clause 13, to insert the following new clause:

Application to Scotland.

In the application of this Act to Scotland—

  1. (a) Section nine shall have effect as if after the words "one hundred and twenty-five" there were inserted the words "and subsection (9) of Section one hundred and fifty-six," and
  2. (b) Section eleven shall have effect as if for the references to the County Court and to County Court Rules there were respectively substituted references to the Sheriff and to Rules made by Act of Sederunt.

The noble Earl said: The object of the clause which it is proposed to insert here is to ensure that this Bill, if and when it becomes an Act of Parliament, shall be enforced in the same way and with the same efficacy in the Courts of Scotland as in the Courts of this country. Paragraph (a) provides that a factory inspector who prosecutes someone for committing an offence under the Act may also give evidence during the hearing of the case. Paragraph (b) seeks to substitute a reference to the Sheriff and to Rules made by an Act of Sederunt for the reference in the Bill to the County Court and the County Court Rules. The noble Lord opposite (Lord Alness) understands better than I do the idiosyncrasies of Scottish procedure, and no doubt he will appreciate the importance of this Amendment to the Bill. I beg to move.

Amendment moved— After Clause 13, insert the said new clause.—(The Earl of Listowel.)

On Question, Amendment agreed to.

Remaining clause agreed to.